Without much thought, many of us feel secure enough in our faith that we'll answer, "I'm not afraid of anything.", or we might give a list of our phobias - spiders, heights, speaking in public, the dark. Sure those might be the flippant answers we give, but what if we dig a little deeper?
The problem is that most of us don't ever dig any deeper and look for answers that are more than surface deep. And, even if we do acknowledge our fear of rejection, our need for the approval of others or our fear of being alone in this life, rarely do we recognise how much those fears drive our everyday actions.
Over the past few months, I've been leading a study based on the book The Fear Factor by Wayne and Joshua Mack. I've learned some interesting things about myself and about our God, and I thought I'd share a few of them with you.
Over the next few weeks we'll ask some tough questions like:
What do I fear? (We all fear something.)
Whom should I fear? (The answer is simple but not easy.)
What's the opposite of fear? (It's not what you think!)
Can doing good actually be a sin?
I hope you decide to give this idea of fear a closer look because it's a subject of the utmost importance to all of us. Also, pick up a copy of this book, it's well worth it.
